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Trade Review

By sharing the performance experiences, rather than texts, Donkor accomplishes the challenging task of introducing rare theatre performances in a particularly compelling context for a Western readership in a global age.

* Theatre Survey *

Overall, as a Ghanaian actor and director as well as a scholar, Donkor's cultural insider analyses of ananse theatre within the space of political economy make important contributions and interventions to the discourses on performance (theory) and neoliberalism and their interaction in Ghana and Africa.

* African Studies Review *

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. From State to Market: The History of a Social Compact
2. Once Upon a Spider: Ananse and the Counterhegemonic Trickster Ethos
3. Selling the President: Stand-Up Comedy and the Politricks of Endorsement
4. Ma Red's Maneuvers: Popular Theater and "Progressive" Culture
5. In the House of Stories: Village Aspirations and Heritage Tourism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Spiders of the Market

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    A Paperback / softback by David Afriyie Donkor

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 04/07/2016
      ISBN13: 9780253021458, 978-0253021458
      ISBN10: 0253021456
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      Theory of music and musicology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      By sharing the performance experiences, rather than texts, Donkor accomplishes the challenging task of introducing rare theatre performances in a particularly compelling context for a Western readership in a global age.

      * Theatre Survey *

      Overall, as a Ghanaian actor and director as well as a scholar, Donkor's cultural insider analyses of ananse theatre within the space of political economy make important contributions and interventions to the discourses on performance (theory) and neoliberalism and their interaction in Ghana and Africa.

      * African Studies Review *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. From State to Market: The History of a Social Compact
      2. Once Upon a Spider: Ananse and the Counterhegemonic Trickster Ethos
      3. Selling the President: Stand-Up Comedy and the Politricks of Endorsement
      4. Ma Red's Maneuvers: Popular Theater and "Progressive" Culture
      5. In the House of Stories: Village Aspirations and Heritage Tourism
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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